Hello everyone. I've decided to put my other story (Chains of Love) on hold due to lack of interest from readers. Sorry if you were interested in that story – I kind of lost motivation.

I imagined Piper to look like Minka Kelly, with longer hair and green eyes. I hope you all enjoy the story.
I got the idea from lurking Ted Dibiase's twitter pictures of his adorable dog, Riggs. I thought the plot was original and had potential so I just went with it. :D

Rating may change.

Ted Dibiase sighed contently as he made his way up to his front door. It felt so amazing for the West Palm Beach native to be back home. It had been months since he had slept in his own bed or had a home cooked meal. His occupation was demanding but he wouldn't trade that lifestyle and job in for anything.

Pulling his suitcase to a haul, Ted Dibiase Jr placed a hand around the knob of the door and braced himself for his welcome home bear hug from his fiancé. He felt a small smile cross his lips at the thought. The Florida native pushed the door open gently and peered around the door to see an empty hallway, frowning slightly the man grabbed his suitcase and ventured on into the house. He noticed flashing images from across the hall but he heard nothing. Ted had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.

He dropped his suitcase by the stairway and moved towards the kitchen. To his relief he saw his fiancé cooking lunch while humming to herself. Ted Dibiase grinned as he cleared his throat hoping to make his presence known. The brunette turned her head to the side, pondering who had made that sound. As soon as he had caught her attention, Kristen soon-to-be Dibiase dropped all her kitchen appliances and ran over to her partner and jumped into his embrace, enjoying being in his arms.

"Ugh. It's so great to see you." Ted Dibiase told her with a great big grin on his face as she placed a kiss on her temple. The smaller woman couldn't help but smile in reply as Ted slowly put her back on her feet. "Now as much as I'd love to continue holding you and kissing you, which I do, a hell of a lot –" He explained to the brunette, his words causing her to blush. "I have to go see my Riggs. You have no idea how much I've missed that guy." He told her as he placed a light kiss on her lips before moving towards the back door.

"He's certainly missed you too. He barely did anything while you were gone, not that it's much different to how he acts when you are here, he just seems different." Kristen sighed and frowned slightly as she responded to her future husband before he went outside to look for his dog. Kristen moved behind the counter before she began to continue to cook lunch.

"Babe?" Ted said as he walked through the back door and back into the kitchen, a worried look on his face.

Kristen looked up at the sound of his voice. "Hmm, yeah babe?" She replied back absentmindedly.

"Where's Riggs?" Ted continued as she walked up to the counter, directly facing her. His question caught Kristen's full attention, as she narrowed her eye brows and gazed up at him.

"What do you mean? He's out there isn't he?" Kristen asked as she dropped her cooking utilities and moved from behind the kitchen towards the door. She peered out around the door, searching for the four-legged family member. Just an hour ago, Kristen had seen him playing with one of his toys contently. "Riggs?" She shouted, pleading that the large dog would come sprinting around the back of the garage. "Riggs?" She repeated only to hear silence.

"I looked everywhere for him. He wasn't anywhere out the back; he wasn't in the garage or around the shed. You don't think he somehow escaped do you?" Ted asked his wife as he stood behind her, the worry in his tone rising. He loved that dog as if it were his own child. Riggs literally meant the world to him.

"He might have; I don't know, he's a pretty big dog. But I think I would've hear something if I did." The brunette jerked her head as she responded. She knew how much Riggs meant to her fiancé. Hell the dog meant a lot to her as well.

"Look, I'll go look around for him, and you stay here. Maybe one of the neighbours or someone in general found him. Plus if someone did find him, they might call." Kristen told Ted as she made her way towards the door with Ted in hot pursuit. She grabbed her jacket and placed it around herself before turning to a worried Ted and placing a kiss on his lips.

Once the brunette left, Ted sat on the end of his staircase – which was facing directly towards the door, running his fingers through his short, dark hair. He couldn't believe this was happening. Today was supposed to be a great day. Ted would be home with his beautiful fiancé and his dog, telling stories about Randy, Cody and Mike being idiots – and trust him, there were plenty; perhaps too many to tell in one day. Instead, this day had taken a turn for the worst rather quickly. He wasn't even home half an hour and things had gone completely wrong.

Ted dropped his head in his heads, thinking about all the worst possible scenarios, beginning to do his head in. He contemplated someone maybe finding Riggs and keeping him as their own dog, someone maybe taking him to the pound or even worse, someone running him over with a car. He hoped and prayed that Kristen would find him, or maybe someone else would and be nice enough to read his collar and bring him back home.

What do you think so far?
I didn't want to make Kristen a bitch in this story. I don't know her personally and I gather that she would be a really nice person.
Stay tuned for the next chapter. xo